Unique paintjobs in testing - has it happened before?
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All the Prodrive teams did. Subie's WRC Machines looked quite good in 555 trim.
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Wallio wrote:All the Prodrive teams did. Subie's WRC Machines looked quite good in 555 trim.
Even that I am a Mitsubishi guy when it comes to WRC...
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The BAR and Honda liveries look the prettiest to me of all of these testing liveries. The one of the 1999 BAR with Jacques Villeneuve in the car looks as if it's derived from the team's Tyrrell heritage. Beautiful.
The 2 Williams-BMW testing liveries are no slouches either. Little did I know how often Jörg Müller tested F1 cars. He really would have deserved a race seat in F1 in the mid-90s but then, his employer BMW was not interested in entering just yet, and by the 00s, it was too late for Müller. The same story happened a few years later upon BMW's return to DTM: Jörg applied for the ride but didn't get it, even though he raced for the marque in WTCC the year before. Instead, his unrelated namesake Dirk Müller got the DTM ride then.
And my, what a pleasure to see Yuji Ide in testing SuperAguri's Arrows chassis. He is a hero to me as well as to this website because he became the legitimate successor of Perry "Stig" McCarthy. I was trackside when Perry ran through Eau Rouge but little did I know of his broken steering. Little do we know what obstacles with the chassis Ide-san had to work with.
Thank you guys for posting all those beautiful pictures. The Zakspeed with the #1 is indeed pretty funny. They might not even have had a #2 car ready for testing at that time.
The 2 Williams-BMW testing liveries are no slouches either. Little did I know how often Jörg Müller tested F1 cars. He really would have deserved a race seat in F1 in the mid-90s but then, his employer BMW was not interested in entering just yet, and by the 00s, it was too late for Müller. The same story happened a few years later upon BMW's return to DTM: Jörg applied for the ride but didn't get it, even though he raced for the marque in WTCC the year before. Instead, his unrelated namesake Dirk Müller got the DTM ride then.
And my, what a pleasure to see Yuji Ide in testing SuperAguri's Arrows chassis. He is a hero to me as well as to this website because he became the legitimate successor of Perry "Stig" McCarthy. I was trackside when Perry ran through Eau Rouge but little did I know of his broken steering. Little do we know what obstacles with the chassis Ide-san had to work with.
Thank you guys for posting all those beautiful pictures. The Zakspeed with the #1 is indeed pretty funny. They might not even have had a #2 car ready for testing at that time.
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Yannick wrote:He is a hero to me as well as to this website because he became the legitimate successor of Perry "Stig" McCarthy
That's a bit harsh. Pel had talent, and charisma, and never had hi superlicense revoked.......oh wait......
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Interesting topic.
Also, Jordan 191 ran a black car in testing, with Jordan logos.
I did a 'gooooogle' check for a pic of this but ironically the search took me back to this forum, on another thread which discussed a similar topic!!!
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But yeah, can recall Minardi PS02. Testing car had livery of a pretty much all black livery, while launch car had more red and white on it.
Also liked the original Sauber Ford livery, same too the Arrows Cosworth (Tiger) livery. Ironically both changed livery due to Red Bull!
Interesting topic.
Also, Jordan 191 ran a black car in testing, with Jordan logos.
I did a 'gooooogle' check for a pic of this but ironically the search took me back to this forum, on another thread which discussed a similar topic!!!
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4213&start=120
But yeah, can recall Minardi PS02. Testing car had livery of a pretty much all black livery, while launch car had more red and white on it.
Also liked the original Sauber Ford livery, same too the Arrows Cosworth (Tiger) livery. Ironically both changed livery due to Red Bull!
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Not F1, but I was just rewatching a promotional A1GP DVD from late 2004/early 2005 and I noticed the following livery that I had not been aware of before, and had certainly not been used in an A1GP race. And interesting that the car has UK on the side, when the team was known as A1 Team GB...
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When Ralf Schumacher tested Force India the car was like this:
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No one mentioned the classic Williams dark blue testing iivery:
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Renault celebrated their 30th anniversary in F1 at Silverstone in 2007 by bringing a showcar with essentially the same livery they'd later use on the R30. It's a shame they didn't replace the ING livery with this:
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I came across some more testing liveries the other day.
A Benetton B201 tested by Renault before the unveiling of the R202.
A Jaguar R5 in the livery of the team's new owners, similar to the Benetton.
A Toro Rosso STR1 from 2006 pre-season testing with a livery a bit too similar to the Red Bull (or more accurately a Red Bull RB1 with the yellow replaced with gold).
A BMW F1.06 from the same year.
A Benetton B201 tested by Renault before the unveiling of the R202.
A Jaguar R5 in the livery of the team's new owners, similar to the Benetton.
A Toro Rosso STR1 from 2006 pre-season testing with a livery a bit too similar to the Red Bull (or more accurately a Red Bull RB1 with the yellow replaced with gold).
A BMW F1.06 from the same year.
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I once read somewhere that Williams in early 1985 used the old FW09 as a spare - I would love to see that car in the Canon/ICI livery!
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James1978 wrote:I once read somewhere that Williams in early 1985 used the old FW09 as a spare - I would love to see that car in the Canon/ICI livery!
I once saw this car on a the sky f1 channel I think....
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Simtek wrote:I came across some more testing liveries the other day.
A Benetton B201 tested by Renault before the unveiling of the R202.
Tested by Alonso, no less!
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A Jaguar R5 in the livery of the team's new owners, similar to the Benetton.
I actually like this.
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Simtek wrote:
A Jaguar R5 in the livery of the team's new owners, similar to the Benetton.
A Toro Rosso STR1 from 2006 pre-season testing with a livery a bit too similar to the Red Bull (or more accurately a Red Bull RB1 with the yellow replaced with gold).
Wish Red Bull/Toro Rosso did this, instead of having 2 quite similar liveries.
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I think there was talk that STR would race in Red Bull Sugarfree colours but it didn't happen.
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Not testing,but Ferrari use this livery in two races of 1964:
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Strange how the FW09 looks a lot less hideous in the 1985-93 livery. Or is it just the lack of the humungous rear wing that does it?
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Normal32 wrote:Not testing,but Ferrari use this livery in two races of 1964:
Those would be the colours of the North American Racing Team (NART) Ferraris.
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andrew2209 wrote:Simtek wrote:
A Jaguar R5 in the livery of the team's new owners, similar to the Benetton.
A Toro Rosso STR1 from 2006 pre-season testing with a livery a bit too similar to the Red Bull (or more accurately a Red Bull RB1 with the yellow replaced with gold).
Wish Red Bull/Toro Rosso did this, instead of having 2 quite similar liveries.
Or... the fact that these pictures are taken from opposite sides of the car made me think -- how about both of those liveries, split down the middle like the 1999 BAR? What if...
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Ferrari F248 from 06
Shakedown at Fiorano - no livery..
Shakedown at Fiorano - no livery..
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Simtek wrote:I came across some more testing liveries the other day.
A Jaguar R5 in the livery of the team's new owners, similar to the Benetton.
I remember seeing a mock-up of this livery on the Arrows A23 in July of 2002. It look really good. I was quite surprised when I saw this on the Jaguar.
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Chanoch Nissany's very own son, Roy Nissany has recently tested the same Sauber which was mentioned in the first posting of this thread. Its livery was changed again, only slightly. They didn't return it to Sauber colors, though.
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https://forums.autosport.com/topic/2218 ... ry10007630 - Apologies for the thread resurrection.
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No worries, I do it a bit myself.
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AmendedHar1MAS1415 wrote: ↑07 Aug 2022, 19:01Oh that's a relief.
Since this thread had been dormant since 2014, I am throwing in a unique paintjob from 2015, the camouflaged Red Bull RB11.